Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard and actors Billy Crudup and Tom Riley discuss the new production of Stoppard’s comedy “Arcadia.” The play is set on an English estate in the early 19th century and in the present day, and it explores ideas from physics to geometry, poetry, Lord Byron, thermodynamics, English garden design, Romanticism, passion, and sex. “Arcadia” is playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre through June 19.

Art historian Gail Levin talks about the life and art of Lee Krasner and her marriage to Jackson Pollock. Lee Krasner: A Biography examines how she struggled with poverty and her husband's alcoholism and extramarital affairs while encouraging his art, which she skillfully managed to market. Levin also looks at how Lee Krasner’s life influenced her own work as an artist.

Marshall Arisman discusses his illustrated novel, The Divine Elvis. He has contributed graphic illustrations and covers for Harper's, the Nation, Time, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Times Book Review.

Wool was the topic of a Please Explain segment in December, but because winter is not quite over (it’s snowing as I write this), many of us are still wearing scarves and hats and heavy winter coats made of wool, so I'm continuing the conversation. There were a few unanswered questions about wool and about animal cruelty in the wool industry, and Clara Parkes was kind enough to e-mail some answers, which I’ve included below.

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